Mass Effect 3 - 3.5M Shipped Worldwide and More

EAs announced, following todays European release, that Mass Effect 3 has shipped 3.5 million units worldwide.
Dr Ray is, quite naturally, happy at the news, as well as paying tribute to series executive producer Casey Hudson.
We have been truly humbled by the amazing response from fans and critics for Mass Effect 3, said BioWare GM Muzyka.

We are aware that some players are having issues importing the faces of characters from Mass Effect 1 or Mass Effect 2 into Mass Effect 3. The issue is likely in how faces were detected when imported from Mass Effect 1 into Mass Effect 2, and were working on the best way to correct it for affected players.

As our teams work hard to address the importing of face codes we would like to call out a fan made tool that may be able to help PC users in the short term:Mass Effect Tools

We want to keep everyone up to date on this issue as we know how strongly many you feel about this. I will continue to update this thread as we have more information.

We have determined that faces importing incorrectly is an error with how codes were detected when transferred from Mass Effect 1 into Mass Effect 2 and then on into Mass Effect 3 or importing a Mass Effect 2 saved game with New Game +. The Mass Effect team continues to investigate fixes for these issues and they are top priority concerns for
everyone here.

Again, when we have more news, we will let everyone know. Thanks again for your patience.

Lastly, Gamasutra talks with BioWare's cinematic lead Jonathon Perry to talk about "contrastive juxtaposition", which is apparently the key to their stories:

The first central element of contrastive juxtaposition is polarity, Perry explained. "I like to think of contrast in terms of polarity. We have positive and negative polarities that we're all familiar with—good vs. evil, light vs. dark. But they don't have to be good and evil—up and down, for example," Perry said. "Polarity lets us see how a character is changing over the course of a story, shifting in polarities over time. As players in a game, we like to be the one that's driving that change." Mass Effect 2's Paragon/Renegade system is perhaps the most obvious example.

I was waiting for the reviews before buying Mass Effect 3 (because after Dragon Age 2 I decided to always read reviews before buying), but now I have to also wait for them to resolve character import issues

Still happy for them doing so well, though I have to remind people that shipped=/=sold.

Originally Posted by Edgarstrong
I was waiting for the reviews before buying Mass Effect 3 (because after Dragon Age 2 I decided to always read reviews before buying), but now I have to also wait for them to resolve character import issues

Still happy for them doing so well, though I have to remind people that shipped=/=sold.

But which reviews? So far, we got a good few "divine perfection 100%"s with one or two brave souls risking a (*gasp*) 96%. User reviews are just Talimancers upset at the bleak endings and bombing 0's and 1's.

I really wish someone would create a site where people would rate games on a 4 star scale and then those whose scores were most in common with your own tastes (based on games you yourself rated) would be aggregated…

Perhaps even (I fear) "the game that brought role-playing back into PC gaming !" -
like Baldur's Gate did.

—  Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius  and a lot of courage  to move in the opposite direction. (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

Originally Posted by Alrik Fassbauer
Personally, I'm not much surprised about that high number.

Mass Effect will probably be a "classic" in 10 years or so.

Mass Effect probably will be. Mass Effect 3? No way.
And to be honest I do not get how the reviewers got such amazing numbers, as being Mass Effect fan myself I would rate i as 8, before factoring the ending. After factoring the ending, numbers are just not relevant for this bitter disappointment.

Well, I don't get these high numbers as well, but I've decided that ME3 isn't my thing so I'm not that much bothered with it …

I do remember, owever, hat there was once this interesting article of an Reviewer looking back at Oblivion … And writing on how "unjustified" the high numbers had been he and others had given the game in its early release time, then …

—  Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius  and a lot of courage  to move in the opposite direction. (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

Originally Posted by fungus
Mass Effect probably will be. Mass Effect 3? No way.
And to be honest I do not get how the reviewers got such amazing numbers, as being Mass Effect fan myself I would rate i as 8, before factoring the ending. After factoring the ending, numbers are just not relevant for this bitter disappointment.

I am sure that, in a few weeks, you will be able to buy some better endings for about $20 a piece.

I can't say anything about the ending yet, but so far I don't see the problem with Mass Effect 3. It's a Mass Effect game just like the second part, but with some improved mechanics. I guess the first was great because of the expansive Citadel environment and the fact that it was new.

—  Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius  and a lot of courage  to move in the opposite direction. (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

Don't worry we will get more of Bioware's lovely plot hole filled story's and lies where your choices will matter. We will also get another ending that will leave me disappointed. They cant deliver on the endings anymore as proven by DA2 and now ME3.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Don't worry we will get more of Bioware's lovely plot hole filled story's and lies where your choices will matter. We will also get another ending that will leave me disappointed. They cant deliver on the endings anymore as proven by DA2 and now ME3.

I'm really growing impatient to see this much-maligned ending! I can't imagine it's that bad, really, but at this point I can only speculate. I don't wanna get spoiled, though. However, I'm pretty sure that no ending could ruin the whole experience for me!

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
Just no frigging prequel, please!

A prequel could be interesting, though, with humanity first finding the Prothean ruins on Mars, and struggling to grow in power among the newly found alien races… hmmmm.